Posted on 08/10/2005 1:47:20 PM PDT by Sam Hill
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Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Nightline Tonight Mon., March 14, 2005
That was my son's unit. He was killed on that day 04/04/04. Here is a letter that I wrote to NightLine about the broadcast:
Love
Cindy Sheehan
March 15, 2005
To Whom it May Concern:
Imagine my distress when I turned Night Line on last night and I was confronted with the gory details of my son's murder in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq on 04/04/04. Imagine, also, my sorrow and rage at the side of the story that you presented to the American public.
[SNIP]
I was on the Night Line Townhall Meeting in Washington, DC on 01/27/05. After I spoke (which I think was a fluke), Ted Koppel dismissed me as being "emotional." First of all, how can I approach this discussion without emotions, MY SON WAS KILLED, AND KILLED FOR LIES? Second of all, that show was not fair and balanced and I think the conclusion "Should we stay" was foregone.
The show last night was also not fair and balanced. To see all the wives being interviewed who had not lost their husbands and to hear what "hard work" it is to be left behind when their husbands are at war. How hard to you think it is to have a child killed in an illegal and immoral war? In this "wonderful" group of families left behind, we had exactly ONE of the wives call us..she is Diane Rose who was my son's Colonel, Frank Rose's wife. The last time we heard from Diane was in October and we feel we have been left behind by anyone connected to the 2-5 Cavalry. Is support only given if your loved one stays alive? One wife was quoted as saying that Sundays were the hardest for the families left behind. My son was killed on Palm Sunday last year..how does anybody think Sundays are for my family?
Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. Am I angry? Yes, he was killed for lies and for a PNAC Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel. My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel. Am I stupid? No, I know full-well that my son, my family, this nation, and this world were betrayed by a George Bush who was influenced by the neo-con PNAC agenda after 9/11. We were told that we were attacked on 9/11 because the terrorists hate our freedoms and democracy...not for the real reason, becuase the Arab-Muslims who attacked us hate our middle-eastern foreign policy. That hasn't changed since America invaded and occupied Iraq...in fact it has gotten worse.
It would be so amazing if your show would put me, or another parent who lost their child on who disagrees with the war and this administration: to have just an entire show..without presenting the false side of the debate. That would take a lot of courage and integrity. I hope your program will exhibit these qualities.
I also think that Mr. Koppel owes me an apology for the rude way I was treated on his show. After I expressed myself about the war being based on lies and that the troops should be brought home immediately because the war was based on lies, I was not thanked for my comments, or my son's sacrifice. He just said to keep the discussion away from emotions. Then, the wife of a soldier who was killed was allowed to speak and she praised the policies of this deplorable and despicable administration, and she was thanked and praised by the panel.
Seems that she had an ax to grind way before 9/11 and the Iraq War.
Rhetorical question. Did anyone hear her on Tony Snow yesterday? Need I say more?
They don't get it, they're just embarassed they got caught. I think a lot of 'em don't even really hate jews that bad, it's just like a particularly virulent form of gossip with them. Too bad it's so deadly with some others.
They don't understand how someone can be for Israel right or wrong, from the first to the last.
That's funny. All of the liberal biased media bash Israel. She will be getting twice the airtime now--bashing America and Israel, two for the price of one. This definitely will make her the new media darling.
For (I hope) the last frickin time, she did not criticize Israel, she criticized American foreign policy.
Your mistake is understandable, since many/most of you apparently consider Israel the 51st state.
But, as the inimitable Rush would say, you may have "swerved" into a truth.
That would be hysterical except it makes me wonder what plans they have afoot. She is so into martyrdom.
i guess my big question is where in the H*** is her Family, they don't seem to be supporting her... make you wonder..
Am I also remembering reading Sheehan is tied up with or sympathetic with ISM, the Rachel Corrie outfit? Or did that just go along in conjunction with her being Lynn Stewarts confidant?
BTW, I haven't heard Rush mention anything about this and Tony dropped her as of today. Which I think is good, although this anti-Semitic stuff would be interesting for the public to know.
See tagline...
She is hate filled, and seems to only know how to lash out in her pseudo grief. She has not come to grips with her loss, because she is such an over the top lib. She seems to have alienated her entire family, and I do not see this situation every changing. I believe that she will be left with nobody because the left is very good at using people on the edge and then dumping them.
You're out of your mind. She's criticizing Israel by saying that we shouldn't support Israel.
As far as I'm concerned, Israel had NOTHING to do with this war. Zip.
She's bringing it up as a red herring and an anti-semetic one at that.
It's kind of funny. Sheehan freely admits her leftist leanings. Why shouldn't we believe her?
Thanks for pinging me, Mo1. Yes, we see her agenda, and it isn't at all a pleasant one.
She'll have Will Pitt on her side, to the end..
Neo-Con
Well, that says all I need to know about Cindy. Only Liberal losers and America-haters use that term.
I believe her. Not a surprising finding in the least after what we've been reading the past 2 days.
Can you imagine a "gold star" mother going around talking like that during World War 2?
Cindy,
There's a reason other families aren't calling you.
You demean their sacrifice, just as you demean your own.
We know you are hurting, it's not like it never happened
to anyone else, it happened to 58,000 families during
the Vietnam war. How do you suppose those families felt
when people like those who council you now, told them
their loss was meaningless.
You would do yourself a great justice by going to Iraq,
to see for your self what your son died to create. Instead
of falling for the bitter poison of the leftist agitators,
immerse your grief in the company of those who knew your son
and who are carrying on the work he started.
Try just a little to give them the support you say they deserve, and you will be overwhelmed by the support they
are willing to give you, while still carrying the burdens
of their duty, and the hopes and fears of their own families.
t.
Welcome to FR and thank you and your husband for your love and service of this country.
And PS: The "babies" reference made me want to hurl.
The woman is obviously coming unhinged. Very close to psychotic.
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